The subhead sums up the point of USA Today's lead story today (2/14/11) about Barack Obama's budget proposal: Obama Proposes Cuts to Trim Deficit; GOP, Others Want More The piece by Richard Wolf and Mimi Hall begins, "President Obama will send Congress a 2012 budget today that would trim the budget deficit by $1.1 trillion over the next decade, but Republicans and nonpartisan budget experts are already saying that's not enough." And that's how the story is framed: You've got the White House vs. the Republicans, and "nonpartisan budget experts" who agree with the Republicans. "We're going to make tough [...]
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Feb
14
2011
USA Today's 'Nonpartisan Experts' Agree: Obama Not Tough Enough on Elderly, Poor
Filed Under: Barack Obama, Economy, Social Security, USA Today Tagged With: Concord Coalition, Economic Policy Institute, John Boehner, Maya MacGuineas, Mimi Hall, Pete Peterson, Richard Wolf, Robert Bixby

